February 05, 2025
Spiritual Battle #
Psalm 83:1-5
Introduction
We have a Psalm, that I firmly believe is applicable to every day, and every age, because it addresses the Spiritual battle that is raging. It references past places, people, and battles, but the underlying theme of this Psalm is undoubtedly the Spiritual battle that is raging around these circumstances! It is more than just a battle for land. It is more than just a battle for a short term power of a land. There is a spiritual battle that is raging.
If you watch the news, all the political stuff that is going on, realize there is a spiritual war that is raging… it is more than just policies that are being written, there is a spiritual battle going on.
I. Addressing God (1) #
A. Silence (1) #
1. Psalmist feels that God is not responding! #
Psa. 28:1 ¶ Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psa. 35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
B. Stillness (1) #
1. Asking God not to sit by idly #
Psa. 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
2. We are too impatient to let God be God! #
II. Alerting God (2-8) #
A. Commotion of the Enemy (2) #
1. Contrast of God’s calmness with the enemies commotion! #
2. God doesn’t react to the enemy, He doesn’t need to #
B. Counsel of the Enemy (3) #
1. Described – “crafty” #
Is. 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
2. Against “thy people” = God’s people! #
C. Conspiracy of the Enemy (4) #
1. Intention – “cut them off” #
2. Holocaust – was a real thing… there are still those who deny it! #
D. Confederacy of the Enemy (5-8) #
- Confederate – league, united, allied
1. Forces joined against a mighty foe! #
2. Ecumenicalism – let’s get together. (6-8) #
- Ecumenical – 1. promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation
III. Asking of God (9-17) #
A. Consuming of the Enemy (9-15) (5 illustrations) #
1. Sisera (9-10) – Judges 4:15-16, v21 he ends up with a stake through his head! #
Judg. 4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
2. Oreb & Zeeb (11-12) – Judges 7:25 #
Judg. 7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
3. Blown away as Chaff (13) #
Psa. 1:4 ¶ The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.